In a bid to support its member Unions, Rugby Europe in conjunction with World Rugby is delighted to announce the recruitment of Daniel Mitrea as their new Regional Training Manager.

Mitrea, formally High Performance Manager for the Romanian Rugby Union has been involved in the delivery of World Rugby’s Training and Education programmes for a number of years following a successful career as a Player, Coach and Physical Education Teacher.

This exciting new full time position replaces the part time role previously performed in Europe by Douglas Langley and represents a significant increase in both staffing and programmes for Training and Education within Europe.

As part of his role Daniel will focus on the development and delivery of a Regional Training and Education Strategy delivering across the four strands (Coaching, Match Officiating, Player Welfare, Strength & Conditioning) of World Rugby’s Training and Education Portfolio below.

Linking with both Rugby Europe and World Rugby staff he will provide support to member Unions to help them to develop their own workforce of coaches, match officials, first aiders and medics, managing the deployment of Rugby Europe’s network of over 400 World Rugby Licenced Trainers and Educators who currently deliver face-to-face courses within Europe, ensuring World Rugby’s global Training and Education standards are maintained.

Jock Peggie – Training Manager for World Rugby commented “As we strive to grow the game within Europe, this important appointment will help to ensure that Player Welfare continues to be our number one priority by helping to train the current and next generation of coaches, match officials, first aiders and medics appropriately. Daniel is an experienced World Rugby Trainer and Educator with a thorough working knowledge of Rugby within Europe and I am delighted that he is to be joining both Rugby Europe and World Rugby teams. Europe is a huge region with a wide scale of Training and Education needs and I look forward to the impact of Daniel’s appointment being felt across Rugby Europe over the coming months.”